MEP François-Xavier Bellamy (EPP, France) called on the European Commission, on Friday 27 March, to take additional measures to help the fisheries sector, whose activities have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic (see EUROPE B12455A9).
He notes that "nearly 70% of the activities of the French fishing industry have stopped because of the pandemic".
Mr Bellamy met Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius on 26 March and asked him to amend the rules of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund...